BE ADVISED: Due to multiple events in Exposition Park on Sunday, April 26, the Natural History Museum will be closing at 4 pm. Parking and traffic in the area will be impacted. Limited parking will be available in the Blue Parking Structure for $20 when you tell the attendant you are visiting the Natural History Museum of L.A. County. For questions, please call 213.763.3466 or email info@nhm.org.

Emily Patellos

Graduate Student, Dinosaur Institute

Emily Patellos is a Graduate Student-in-Residence in the Dinosaur Institute, conducting paleontological research in support of the institute's programs in addition to fulfilling her doctorate degree at the University of Southern California. Her research interests consist of dermal plates in dinosaurs and fossil crocodiles, and what factors influence the evolution of these elements' morphologies.